It was probably the most successful 17th birthday in football history BY MICHAEL YOKHIN | BBC SPORT The big Stockholm derby between Djurgarden and AIK was on 21 September 2016, and Alexander Isak made sure it was an evening to remember. In the first half, AIK’s teenage sensation made a run into space and expertly […]
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BY TESFANEWS* Eritrean-Swedish striker Alexander Isak has signed a five-year contract to move from Borussia Dortmund to Real Sociedad in Spain for a reportedly €10 million (£8.9m/$11.3m) deal to keep with the club through June 2024.
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BY GILBERT WANDERA | STANDARD MEDIA Council for East and Central Africa Football Association [CECAFA] will host it’s first ever Under-15 regional tournament in Eritrea. The move is meant to develop the region’s capacity at this level according to Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa.
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17-year-old Swedish – Eritrean football prodigy Alexander Isak is on the verge of signing with Borussia Dortmund, snubbing an offer from Real Madrid. By Marcus Christenson | The Guardian, Borussia Dortmund are set to complete the signing of AIK’s highly rated teenager Alexander Isak for €10m (£8.65m). The 17-year-old, who became Sweden’s youngest ever goalscorer […]
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With clubs like Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain eyeing his services, it will not be long before Isak becomes a household name in football. By Siddhantc, Premier League giants Manchester City are said to be closely monitoring the progress of the highly-rated striker, who has been on the radar of Chelsea and Real […]
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By Lee Thomas-Mason | for metro.co.uk, Liverpool have declared interest in young Swedish-Eritrean striker Alexander Isak who has been dubbed the ‘next Zlatan Ibrahimovic’. Isak, who scored on his debut as a 16-year-old for Swedish side AIK in February, is attracting the eyes of Europe’s leading clubs despite having only turned 17 at the end of September.
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By APA, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed reports by Al Jazeera that the country has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in the 2015 Council for East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) tournament scheduled to be held in Ethiopia. Spokesperson of the Ministry, Tewolde Mulugeta, said Thursday that the information dispatched by the […]
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By AP, Eritrea has been excluded from East Africa’s main soccer tournament this month because of political tensions with host Ethiopia. Nicholas Musonye, secretary general of the Council for East and Central African Football Associations, says the regional soccer body ”must respect” Ethiopia’s position not to allow the Eritrea team into the country to play […]
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